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Acalypha rubrinervis Cronk

Stringwood, Red acalypha

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Acalypha rubra Roxb. in Beatson non Willd. nec Wight ex Wallich

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1855-1875 (Lambdon & Ellick, 2016); 1870

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

 

Distribution

St Helena (central ridge)

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

America, S. (1999). St Helena. Biodiversity: the UK Overseas Territories, 101.

Beatson, A. 1816. An alphabetical list of plants seen by Dr Roxburgh growing on the island of St Helena. Tracts relative to the Island of St Helena, Appendix 1. W.Bulmer & Co., London, U.K.

Burchell, W. J. (1805-10). Flora Insulae Sanctae Helenae. Unpublished manuscript held at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, U.K.

Cronk, Q. C. B. (1998). Acalypha rubrinervis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 08 May 2015.

Cronk, Q. C. B. (2000). The Endemic Flora of St. Helena. Oswestry, U.K.: Anthony Nelson Publishers.

Lambdon, P. W. (2012). Flowering plants and ferns of St Helena. Pisces Publications, Newbury, U.K.

Lambdon, P. W. and Ellick, S. (2016). Acalypha rubrinervis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T37854A67371775. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T37854A67371775.en. Downloaded on 26 June 2021.

Melliss, J.C. 1875. St Helena: A Physical, Historical and Topographical Description of the Island, Including its Geology, Fauna, Flora and Meteorology. L. Reeve & Co., London, U.K.

Oldfield, Sara, Lusty, Charlotte and MacKinven, Amy (compilers). (1998). The World List of Threatened Trees. Cambridge, U.K.: World Conservation Press. 650 pp.

Vojtek, Ján. (2020). Refining extinction estimations for plants of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs). MSc dissertation, Queen Mary, University of London. https://doi.org/10.34885/185

Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.

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